Women working in Scotland’s Stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) sector overwhelmingly prefer to work for smaller companies where they feel able to make a difference, new research suggests.
High-profile industrialist Sanjeev Gupta, who has a string of investments in Scotland, has completed the acquisition of a bank as part of a bid to help UK businesses trade internationally, particularly with emerging and Commonwealth markets.
Scotland’s digital credentials have been given a boost after a European organisation with a €100 million annual budget opened its first UK satellite office, in Edinburgh.
Nucleus Financial Group has hailed a strong full-year performance in “volatile” market conditions in its first period of trading on London’s junior market.
Scotland has lost over a third of its bank branches in the past eight years, a report has revealed, with Edinburgh the hardest-hit area of the country.
Maven Capital Partners, the Glasgow-based private equity firm, has announced the final close of a dedicated £100 million fund targeting management buy-outs across the UK.
A programme backed by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to help female entrepreneurs take their business to the next level is kicking off next month, aiming to foster prosperity and ultimately create jobs.
Plans to launch Scotland’s first stock exchange since the early 1970s have taken a major step forward with the securing of a seven-figure investment package.
The banking industry must work to maintain trust and ensure customers are not left behind as the sector embraces technological advances, new research suggests.
The plight of a bankrupt Scottish businessman who is staging a hunger strike outside the headquarters of a banking group in a desperate bid to save his family home was raised by MPs today.
A fintech firm that is looking to become the specialist challenger bank for small firms is aiming to increase its market share of all new Scottish businesses to 10 per cent in the coming years.
